Data Scientist

Group AML

DNB

current - 2022

• Data scientist in the Anti-Money Laundering Group at DNB
• Creating machine learning models using Python, R, and AWS cloud services and putting models in production
• Application of responsible data science practices in both development and deployment

Doctoral Research Fellow

Multimodal Imaging group at NORMENT

University of Oslo

2022 - 2019

• PhD position on neuroimaging and genetics
• Running a study from conception through writing the final manuscript
• Writing scripts and pipelines in R, Python, and MATLAB

Research Assistant

EEG Group at NORMENT

University of Oslo

2019 - 2018

• Managing EEG data, data preprocessing and analysis, training new EEG testers, performing EEG experiments
• Maintaining and adapting preprocessing pipelines for EEG data

Research Assistant

Department of Medical Physics

Rikshospitalet, OUS

2019 - 2018

• Data collection, managment, and processing in an MRI study on sleep deprivation
• Preprocessing and analyzing the imaging data and preparing datasets for collaborators
• Processing and analyzing of data from the video camera

Erasmus Traineeship

EEG Group at NORMENT

University of Oslo

2018 - 2017

• Planning and running EEG experiments on participants
• Processing and analyzing EEG data using MATLAB

Research Intern

Brain Institute

University Medical Centre Utrecht, NL

2016 - 2015

• Idenifying risk factors associated with poor prognosis in children with CD or ODD

PhD, Doctoral Education

University of Oslo

Oslo, NO

2022 - 2019

• Doctoral education at the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oslo
• Courses relevant to neurobiology, advanced statistics, and other academic and non-academic skills

MSc, Biomedicine

Lund University

Lund, SE

2018 - 2016

• Master’s program in Biomedicine at the Faculty of Medicine
• Focus on molecular biology and neuroscience

BSc, Pre-medical track

University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University

Middelburg, NL

2015 - 2012

• Major in the pre-medical science track, minor in philosophy
• Liberal Arts & Science program
• Honors College

Epidemiology (summer course)

University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University

Middelburg, NL

2014

• Summer course in theory and methods behind epidemiology

French Language & Literature (summer course)

Université de Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne

Paris, FR

2013

• Summer course in French language and literature

Assistant nurse/phlebotomist

Gelre Hospital Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn, NL

2016

ECIP Oral Finalist

World Congress of Psychiatry Genetics

N/A

2021

• Awarded to promising oral presentations from early-career researchers

International Training Grant

Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience

N/A

2019

• Grant awarded to scientists to receive training abroad that’ll benefit their research in Norway

Sparbanken Skåne Master Prize

Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs & Frosta, Lund University

N/A

2019

• Awarded to the best master theses in the field of neuroscience

Committee Member

NORMENT Early Career Researchers Meeting

N/A

2021 - 2020

• Organising the conference for early-career researchers at NORMENT
• Feedback with NORMENT leadership, the venue, and participants

Committee Member

Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience

N/A

2021 - 2019

• Organization of the national conference for neuroscience PhD candidates

General Board Member (Fundraising portfolio)

The Netherlands Red Cross Student Desk Zeeland

N/A

2015 - 2014

• Coordination with regional and national Red Cross offices
• Organization of first aid stations at local festivals and events

Personal website/blog

danielroelfs.com

N/A

present - 2019

• Includes tutorials on statistics (link, link) and data visualization (link, link)
• Tutorials contain code written in R and Python, website is generated using Hugo and Rmarkdown hosted through GitHub and Netlify

Talks & Presentations

danielroelfs.github.io/slides

N/A

present - 2019

• Webpage where I collect all slides and files for talks, workshops, and presentations I’ve given since the start of my PhD
• Among others slides for a number of conference presentations (link, link) and talk on the importance of design in science (link, link)

Bilkollektivet Trip Cost Calculator

danielroelfs.shinyapps.io/bilkollektivet

N/A

present - 2020

• Interactive web app to quickly calculate and compare the cost of a trip with car-sharing service Bilkollektivet

Advent of Code

danielroelfs.github.io/advent-of-code

N/A

2021

• Annual set of coding and programming challenges/puzzles in the form of an Advent calendar

Virtual Open Science Escape Room

norment.github.io/ecrm20_escaperoom

N/A

2020

• Developed for scientists to learn about open science in a social setting

Introduction To Basic Statistics in R

For internal purposes

N/A

2019

• Gentle introduction to performing statistical analysis and plotting in R
• Intended for NORMENT employees and other medical researchers

Shared genetic architecture between mental health and the brain functional connectome in the UK Biobank

medRxiv

N/A

2022

• First author
• Co-authored with a.o. Oleksandr Frei, Dennis van der Meer, Ole Andreassen, Lars Westlye, and supervised by Tobias Kaufmann

Genetic overlap between multivariate measures of human functional brain connectivity and psychiatric disorders

medRxiv

N/A

2022

• First author
• Co-authored with a.o. Oleksandr Frei, Dennis van der Meer, Ole Andreassen, Lars Westlye, and supervised by Tobias Kaufmann

The genetic architecture of human cortical folding

Science Advances

N/A

2021

• Co-author, first author is Dennis van der Meer

Phenotypically independent profiles relevant to mental health are genetically correlated

Translational Psychiatry

N/A

2021

• First author
• Co-authored with Dag Alnæs, Oleksandr Frei, Dennis van der Meer, Olav Smeland, Ole Andreassen, Lars Westlye, and supervised by Tobias Kaufmann